Selected African Holdings

Selected African Holdings

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Selected items with African Origination


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2022 English


2022 English


2022 English



2022 English

Weaving technology used by urban Arab weavers was very sophisticated. A belt such as this, with its complicated and diverse patterning would probably have involved at least five specialists: a …


2022 English

The Dogon from Mali have a long artistic tradition, and some of their wooden artworks have survived over the centuries. This ceremonial stool is over 400 years old. Never meant …


2022 English


2022 English


2022 English


2022 English

This musician has been playing his xylophone for more than 250 years. Among the oldest woodcarvings in these galleries, it was created by the Dogon people from Mali, who have …